News Release

2019

DESERT EDGE – All residents within the unincorporated communities of Desert Edge and Sky Valley
will have the opportunity to dispose of their bulky waste, including tires, for free on Saturday,
Feb. 2. This year’s Desert Edge/Sky Valley clean-up is also combined as a paper shredding event for
residents to securely dispose documents.

The items will be accepted at a vacant lot next to All Star Burger in Desert Edge, 70-075 Dillon
Rd., from 8 a.m. to noon.

Acceptable bulky items include tires – up to nine per trip, furniture, large appliances, bundled
tree limbs and branches, electronic waste and small appliances.

Up to four boxes of documents will be accepted for shredding. No binders will be accepted.

Up to 15 gallons, or 125 pounds, of the above household hazardous waste items can be taken for
free to the Waste Resources Department’s permanent collection site in Palm Springs, 1100 Vella Rd.
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays, and at temporary sites throughout the year. More information is
available at
www.rcwaste.org or by calling 951-486-3200.

The Desert Edge/Sky Valley Community Clean-Up and Paper Shredding event is hosted by the
Riverside County Department of Waste Resources and Burrtec Waste & Recycling Services, with the
support of Supervisor V. Manuel Perez.